Central Region Dams, Reservoirs Hold Adequate Water Stock

13-Sep-2025 12:21 PM

New Delhi. Due to regular good rains of the southwest monsoon, the stock of water in the dams and reservoirs of the central region of the country has increased to 90 percent of its total storage capacity.

States like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand are located in this division where paddy and other Kharif crops are cultivated on a large scale.

Data from the Central Water Commission shows that the total storage capacity of water in 28 major dams of the central region is 48.588 billion cubic meters (BCM), while at present 43.829 BCM water stock is available in them.

In comparison to the total storage capacity, 94 percent water stock is available in the dams and reservoirs of Madhya Pradesh, 89 percent in Uttarakhand, 77.5 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 75 percent in the dams of Chhattisgarh.

Since the southwest monsoon is still active in many areas of the country, there is a possibility of further rains, which may further increase the water level in dams and reservoirs. It will be necessary to see whether the monsoon remains active till now.

Kharif crops have been sown almost normally in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and except for a limited area, the condition of the crop is said to be very good in many areas.

The movement of monsoon is decreasing in the above four provinces of the central region and where the fields were submerged due to surplus rain, the water level has started decreasing rapidly there too. It may take some time for the situation to become normal in Uttarakhand.